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entama

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Asturian

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Verb

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entama

  1. third-person singular present indicative of entamar
  2. second-person singular imperative of entamar

French

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Verb

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entama

  1. third-person singular past historic of entamer

Anagrams

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Nyoro

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Etymology

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Borrowed from an extinct Tale South Cushitic language. Ultimately from Proto-South Cushitic *dama (heifer) or Proto-South Cushitic *dama- (large kind of antelope).

Noun

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entama class 9 (plural entama class 10, augmentless ntama, plural augmentless ntama)

  1. sheep

References

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  • An Elementary Lunyoro Grammar[1], 1938, page 143
  • Ehret, Christopher (1998) An African Classical Age: Eastern and Southern Africa in World History, 1000 B.C. to A.D. 400[2], United States: University Press of Virginia, →ISBN, page sheep

Tooro

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Etymology

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From en- (class 9 noun prefix) +‎ -tama (cheek)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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entama class 9 (plural entama class 10, augmentless ntama, plural augmentless ntama)

  1. swelling of cheeks when the mouth is full

References

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  • Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary[3], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 8